Re: Elasticity and shading
- To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: Elasticity and shading
- From: "* D* <s*@pcug.org.au>
- Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 00:23:29 +1100
Duncan,
I am sure the LaRue's would be a very useful source to have on the List.
When did you say they are coming onboard?
Stewart ACT Aust
sdeans@pcug.org.au
-----Original Message-----
From: Michalec, Chris <cmicha@chmc.org>
To: 'pumpkins@mallorn.com' <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Friday, 12 December 1997 7:07
Subject: RE: Elasticity and shading
> I had a chance to speak with the LaRue's at the Auburn, WA weigh off
>and they have theirs shaded pretty much from the time the fruit is set.
>They use the blue plastic tarps. I mentioned I have been under those
>things on a sunny day and they build up quite a bit of heat. I was told
>they keep thiers high enough off the ground so air would pass through
>beneath them to cool it down a bit. They also throw a sheet over the
>pumpkins at night. We don't often have the really hot temps for very
>long here in the summer in Western Washington so maybe that extra little
>bit of heat really helps. Even on the hottest days here night time
>temps are often in the low 60's or even lower. Their record certainly
>indicates they are doing a lot of things right.
>
>Chris Michalec
>Covington, WA
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Stephenson [SMTP:mike@beaconmortgage.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 1997 10:23 AM
>> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>> Subject: Elasticity and shading
>>
>>
>> >a fruit to expand. One is turgor pressure and the other is the
>> elasticity
>> >of the cell membrane.
>>
>> Here in Oregon where we don't often have long periods with temps over
>> 90 I
>> dismissed the need to shade my pumpkins. Perhaps I made a big mistake
>> as
>> perhaps shading of the fruit, even from the very
>> beginning, would preserve some elasticity and thus help increase
>> ultimate
>> size.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Mike in Oregon
>>
>>
>>
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